4th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Summit

Causes, Consequences and Cures

Thursday 11 April 2019 Regent’s University Inner Circle, Regent’s Park London NW1 4NS International Peace Summit

Foreword

Welcome to the 4th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Summit.

This is a poignant year in the UK for the consideration of peace as a vital economic and social commodity. The summit continues its tradition of attracting eminent speakers and panel members, and engaging audiences as participants in the struggle to consider how trouble spots can become safe spaces.

Our speakers this year include , Rabbi Baroness Neuberger DBE, Andrew Mitchell MP, Director General Dr Ahmad Al Dubayan of the Islamic Cultural Centre and London Central Mosque and South African High Commissioner to the UK, Nomatemba Tambo.

Participants are drawn from wide-ranging backgrounds: politics, the media, NGOs, the voluntary sector, academics, students and others who are simply intrigued by this innovative opportunity for listening and engaging. The whole day is free, including lunch, refreshments and a drinks reception. The emphasis is on bringing together different voices, encouraging discussion and sharing approaches to building peace.

The collaboration between Regent’s and the Tutu Foundation UK began six years ago when the exceptional barrister-turned- mediator, Paul Randolph, started to train mediators for the Tutu Foundation in South Africa and the UK. Sadly, Paul died in January this year. His huge contribution to the summits, his integrity, enthusiasm and sense of humour are sorely missed. Paul played a leading role in the summits, which have been highly effective in promoting the legacy of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The theme of this summit and its strands during the day were conceived by Paul.

We wish you an inspiring and special experience.

Professor Simon Jarvis Dr Judith Ackroyd Acting Vice Chancellor and CEO, Regent’s University London Professor Emeritus, Regent’s University London

Carole Stone CBE Yossi Mekelberg Honorary Senior Fellow, Regent’s University London Professor of International Relations, Regent’s University London Hate: Causes, Consequences and Cures

Regent’s University London and the Tutu Foundation UK 4th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Summit Hate: Causes, Consequences and Cures

Programme

8:45 – 9:30 Registration and coffee 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

9.30 – 9.45 Introductions 14:00 – 14:50 Session 3: Hate and Resolutions – Africa ■■ Welcome from Acting Vice Chancellor Chair: Georgina Godwin Professor Simon Jarvis and Dr Diana Panellists: Walford, Regent’s University London ■■ Andrew Mitchell MP QC ■■ Welcome from Archbishop Desmond Tutu ■■ John Battersby (by video) ■■ Nomatemba Tambo Master of Ceremonies: Elif Toker-Turnalar Q&A session: 14:50 – 15:00

9.45 – 10.05 Keynote 1: In Conversation with Michael 15:00 – 15:50 Session 4: Youth and Gang Gun and Knife Palin on North Korea and other travels Violence – Hate Crimes Speaker: Michael Palin Chair: Dr Mireille Hebing Carole Stone CBE Chair: Panellists: Q&A session: 10.05 – 10.15 ■■ Joseph Duncan ■■ Dr Victor Olisa 10.15 – 11.05 Session 1: Perspectives of Hate and ■■ Noel Williams Resolutions ■■ Natalia Morgan Chair: Professor Mark Allinson Q&A session: 15:50 – 16:00 Panellists: ■■ Dr Ahmad Al Dubayan 16:00 – 16:30 Tea and coffee break ■■ Emily Buchanan ■■ Sir John Jenkins 16:30 – 16:40 Keynote 2: To remove violence from our streets, we must remove hatred from our Q&A session: 11.05 – 11:15 hearts Shaun Bailey 11.15 – 11.45 Tea and coffee break Speaker: Chair: Professor Simon Jarvis 11.45 – 12.30 Session 2: Resolved and Unresolved Q&A session: 16:40 – 16:50 Conflict Chair: Professor Rosemary Hollis 16:50 – 17:00 Closing remarks Carole Stone and Edith Slee Panellists: ■■ Peter Taylor OBE 17:00 – 18:00 Reception ■■ Professor Tom Villis ■■ Dr Pippa Malmgren Q&A session: 12:30 – 12:40

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Participants

Dr Ahmad Al Dubayan Dr Ahmad Al Dubayan is Director General Dr Ahmad was awarded a PhD from Ruhr of the Islamic Cultural Centre and London University in Germany from the Department Central Mosque. He was born in Onayazah, of Philology & Indology in Arabic Philology, Saudi Arabia, and gained his BA degree from Islamic Studies and Linguistic Studies. Dr the Arabic Language & Linguistics Faculty in Ahmad Al Dubayan has made it possible for the Imam Mohammed Bin Saud University. all sections of the community to attend the He was appointed as junior lecturer at the London Central Mosque’s various welfare and same university immediately on completion educational programmes, including training of his first degree. He completed his MA of volunteers for the Islamic Cultural Centre’s degree in linguistics from the same university multi-dimensional activities. He has also with special emphasis on study of the introduced a system to make it easy for poor, Abbasid translator Hunain Ibn Ishaq and his destitute, ill and needy persons to receive works and translation from Ancient Greek financial help from the funds. into Arabic and his terminology. In 1999

Professor Mark Allinson Professor Mark Allinson is Head of Academic department at Royal Holloway, London, before & Educational Developments at Regent’s taking up a professorship at the University University London. His role is to promote and of Leicester. He has published three books support the development of both institutional and many chapters and articles. His practice strategy in learning and teaching, and the and research now is focused on teaching and professional development of academic staff. educational and leadership development. Originally a linguist, Mark set up the Spanish

Shaun Bailey Born in North Kensington, Shaun Bailey engagement experiences, he ventured into the took to politics after witnessing the route political arena to continue making a positive to crime taken by many of his peers. He difference. Shaun was elected to the London became a youth worker for the Blenheim Assembly in 2016, and sits on a number of Project in Ladbroke Grove, and later co- committees including the Transport Committee founded My Generation, a charity addressing and the Environment Committee. Prior to this the social problems that affect struggling he has stood for parliament in London twice young people and their families, such as and was appointed to be a special adviser to anti-social behaviour, drug abuse, crime, then prime minister David Cameron. Shaun pregnancy, educational underachievement was selected last September to be the and unemployment. Over the last 20 years Conservative Party’s candidate in London’s Shaun has worked across a number of different 2020 mayoral election, and is hoping to organisations to help improve people’s become the first-ever black mayor of any major lives. Following his community and charity European city.

John Battersby John Battersby is an author, journalist and Africa abroad. He is chair of the board of communications consultant. He was editor- trustees of the Canon Collins Educational in-chief of the Sunday Independent in and Legal Assistance Trust and a trustee of Johannesburg (1996-2001), the New York Life is Wonderful, a charity honouring southern Africa correspondent 1987-89 lives and values of the Rivonia generation. and the Christian Science Monitor southern He is co-author of Nelson Mandela: A Life Africa correspondent from 1989 to 1994. From in Photographs, published by Sterling in the 1994-96 he served as the Monitor’s Middle United States in 2010. And he wrote the East correspondent, based in Jerusalem. Afterword for the revised edition of Mandela: John is former country manager of Brand The Authorised Biography by Anthony South Africa in the UK (2004-2015). As such Sampson (Harper Collins, 2011). he was entrusted with creating, maintaining and enhancing the brand that is South

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Emily Buchanan Emily Buchanan has over 30 years’ this year among the finalists of The Jerusalem broadcasting experience as a BBC producer, Award for an edition broadcast on the day of correspondent and presenter. She specialises the London Bridge terrorist attack. Emily is an in world affairs, the developing world and associate lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of religion, making documentaries and news London and she does media training, including features on many social and human rights recently for the UN Office for Disarmament issues. Emily has won several awards, most Affairs, Crisis Management Initiative (Finland) notably for investigations of female infanticide and the National Ambulance Resilience Unit. in India (Golden Nymph, Monte Carlo TV She also designed and delivered a course in Festival) and the rape of Muslims in Bosnia ‘Media and Political Literacy’ for marginalised (One World Broadcasting Trust). She is now a Muslim communities in the UK under the regular presenter on BBC Radio 4’s religious auspices of the frontline mediation charity, current affairs programme ‘Sunday’ and was Forward Thinking.

Joseph Duncan Joseph Duncan works with young people as and sustainable change. Joseph co‑founded a coach and facilitator on a daily basis and the Youth Futures programme, which works is deeply passionate about the potential of with over 300 local young people in the personal development and youth. He believes boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth. He has that this is a missing element in schools and that been directly involved and led on mediating organisations and projects outside the normal with troubled families in conflict and making school curriculum which work on self-esteem other interventions with parents and the youth and accelerated learning techniques have a offending team. With the Tutu Foundation vital role to play. Combining his qualifications Joseph co‑created Conversations for Change, and experience of personal development a community cohesion and capacity-building processes, Joseph is able to design, manage programme for communities working with and deliver inclusive, learner‑centric programs and for young people across the UK using the that encourage active citizenship, self‑advocacy philosophy of Ubuntu.

Georgina Godwin Georgina Godwin is an independent broadcast member of SWRadio Africa, Zimbabwe’s first journalist. A regular chair of literary events independent radio station (for which she was worldwide, she’s the voice of the Arts Podcast deemed ‘an enemy of the state’ and banned for The British Council. She is also books editor from the country of her birth), and of the Harare for Monocle 24 and presenter of the in-depth International Festival of the Arts. She serves author interview show ‘Meet the Writers’. She is on the board of the charity, Developing Artists a frequent host of award-winning current affairs and is a fellow of the Gabriel Garcia Marquez programme The Globalist and a commentator Foundation. She tweets at @georginagodwin on Southern African politics. She was a founder

Dr Mireille Hebing Dr Mireille Hebing is an experienced lecturer the BA (Hons) Liberal Studies. She teaches with considerable knowledge and experience across several social science areas, including of designing, planning and delivering high- sociology, politics, criminology, international quality teaching in a range of subject areas, relations, human rights, research theory and including sociology, international relations, methods and the liberal arts. Her modules politics, human rights, research theory and cover many areas of crime, including crime methods, and across the liberal arts. She and society, human trafficking, criminal justice situates student experience at the centre processes, and gender violence. Her research of her teaching philosophy, has a strong interests include gender violence, domestic emphasis on interactive teaching methods, abuse, asylum and the nation state and experiential learning, and encouraging refugee stories. She is a trustee for Rights of students to fully participate in class. She Women, an organisation which specialises is currently Course Leader for the MA in assisting women to access the law. As International Relations at Regent’s University such, she convenes the Rights of Women London and teaches several modules on seminars at Regent’s.

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Professor Rosemary Hollis Rosemary Hollis is a professor of international Programme at RUSI (Royal United Services politics. She was director of the Olive Tree Institute for Defence Studies). Professor Hollis Scholarship Programme, City University London gained a PhD in political science (1988) from (2008-2018), director of research (2005-08) George Washington University in Washington, and head of the Middle East Programme DC, where she also taught for several years in (1995-2005) at Chatham House (the Royal the 1980s. She also holds an MA in War Studies Institute of International Affairs). From 1990-95 (1975) and BA in History (1974) from King’s Rosemary was head of the Middle East College, University of London.

Professor Simon Jarvis As Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Simon He has held a number of positions in the UK Jarvis leads Regent’s University London’s including Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of academic, research and enterprise strategies Westminster, Dean of Biosciences and Professor aimed at providing excellence in learning and of Biochemistry at the University of Westminster, teaching and research and further enhancing the and Reader in Biochemistry at the University of student experience. Professor Jarvis joined the Kent at Canterbury. He also worked for six years University in January 2015 from the University at the University of Alberta, Canada and was an of Greenwich, where he was Deputy Vice- Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Chancellor (Academic Development). His research Scholar. Born in London, Simon was educated at has focused on improving the uptake of drugs the University of Nottingham where he studied into cells, with benefits for the treatment of Applied Biochemistry (BSc, Hons First Class) and cancers, viral infections and parasitic diseases. obtained a PhD from the University of Cambridge.

Sir John Jenkins Sir John Jenkins is a Senior Fellow at Policy the 2011 revolution, ambassador to Iraq, Syria Exchange in London and a Board Member of and Burma and consul-general in Jerusalem. the Middle East Centre at the London School In a 35-year career in the British Diplomatic of Economics and Political Science. He was Service he also lived and worked in Kuwait, executive and then corresponding director Malaysia and the UAE and was director for the (Middle East) at the International Institute for Middle East and North Africa at the Foreign Strategic Studies (IISS), based in Manama, Office in London from 2007-2009. He was the Bahrain from January 2015 to December 2017 lead author of the British government’s Muslim and a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Brotherhood Review in 2014. He studied at Institute for Global Affairs from January to Cambridge University (BA, PhD), SOAS (Arabic December 2017. Until January 2015 he was and Burmese) and the London Business the British ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He School. Sir John has also written for the New was also the Benghazi-based British special Statesman, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Arab representative to the National Transitional News and is a regular commentator on regional Council and later ambassador to Libya during affairs for the BBC and other broadcasters.

Dr Pippa Malmgren Pippa Malmgren is a former Presidential advisor World Economic Forum in 2000 and 2001. and a prominent public speaker who co-founded Dr Malmgren also founded the DRPM Group, H Robotics. She has a BA from Mount Vernon which advises institutional investors worldwide College and an MSc and PhD from the London on investment trends and is a platform for her School of Economics. She completed the Harvard public speaking. She is the author of three books Program on National Security. (two bestsellers): Geopolitics for Investors (2015), Pippa served President George W. Bush in the Signals: How Everyday Signs Help Us Navigate White House and on the National Economic the World’s Turbulent Economy (2016) and The Council, where she handled financial market Leadership LAB: Understanding Leadership in issues and terrorism risks to the economy after the 21st Century (2018). She lectures at Sandhurst, 911. Prior to that, she was the chief currency INSEAD and Duke Fuqua Global Executive MBA, strategist for Bankers Trust and then deputy and has lectured at the University of Texas at head of global strategy at UBS. She ran Bankers Austin and Tsinghua University. She gave the Trust’s asset management business in Asia. She graduation address at the London School of was named a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the Economics in 2013 and again in 2016.

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Andrew Mitchell MP QC Andrew Mitchell is the Member of Parliament 2013) and Ernst & Young (since 2016). In 2017 for Sutton Coldfield. He was educated at Rugby he was appointed as a senior adviser to the School and Cambridge University, where African Development Bank (AfDB). Previously he was elected President of the Cambridge he served in the Army (Royal Tank Regiment) Union. Andrew Mitchell was secretary of state as a UN peacekeeper before joining the for international development in the British international investment bank Lazard, where government from May 2010 until he became he worked on and off for 30 years. He is a government chief whip in September 2012. fellow of Cambridge University; a visiting fellow He was a member of the National Security at Harvard University and at the School of Council in Britain and a governor of the International Studies of Peking University, and World Bank between 2010 and 2012. Andrew an honorary professor in the College of Social Mitchell is a senior adviser to Investec (since Sciences at the University of Birmingham.

Natalia Morgan Natalia Morgan is a 17-year-old student and regularly makes her own videos based on currently studying A-levels, she was raised in current affairs. She is a part of the Advocacy south-west London. Since a young age Natalia Academy and co-founded the social justice has been interested in social issues, from movement NoLostCauses. Natalia will be youth violence in the UK to the ‘Arab Spring’ studying international relations at university in uprising of 2011. Natalia is an aspiring journalist autumn 2019. and filmmaker who has written a few articles

Dr Victor Olisa Victor Olisa joined Surrey Police in 1982 became borough commander of Haringey, straight from university, where he studied where he worked for three years before biochemistry. He worked both in uniform and taking up the position of head of inclusion and criminal investigation department up to the diversity for the Met, between 2016 and 2017. rank of sergeant. He transferred to the City of In 2017, Dr Olisa was awarded the Queen’s London Police in 1990, where he worked in Police Medal for distinguished police service. In various roles and departments that included October 2017 he retired from the police service operational uniform inspector and the Fraud and is currently carrying out research into police Squad. In 2003 he went on secondment to the leadership as a Visiting Fellow at the London Home Office to work on ‘stop and search’ as School of Economics and Political Science and part of a small team in the Office for Criminal working as a governor at Treloar’s and Director Justice Reform. In 2005 he was awarded a of Safeguarding at Surrey County Football PhD in Criminology by the London School of Association. Economics and Political Science. In 2013 he

Michael Palin Michael Palin established his reputation with Python Live (mostly) – One Down Five to Go. ’s Flying Circus and Ripping Yarns. He also starred in a three-part contemporary His work includes several films with Monty ghost story for the BBC called Remember Me. Python, as well as A Private Function, Fierce He’s narrated several new series of the classic Creatures and a BAFTA winning performance children’s TV programme The Clangers. In as the hapless Ken in A Fish Called Wanda. 2017 he appeared as Molotov in Armando Michael wrote and appeared in the films The Iannucci’s film The Death of Stalin. During 2018 Missionary, American Friends and the television he played Thackeray in an ITV adaptation of Photo by John Swannell plays East of Ipswich and Number 27. He Vanity Fair, published Erebus: The Story of a played Jim Nelson in Alan Bleasdale’s GBH, Ship, and presented a two-part series, Michael and has presented two Great Railway Journey Palin in North Korea for CH5. Between 2009 programmes for the BBC. In 2014, Michael, and 2012 Michael was President of the Royal with his fellow Pythons, performed a 10-night Geographical Society. In 2013 he was awarded sell-out show at the O2 Arena in London, Monty the BAFTA Fellowship.

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Edith Slee Edith Slee trained as a nurse, then a her own grandchildren and in the community. community nurse. A training which has proved She continues her arts practice alongside her invaluable in many places and many situations interests in education – respect and courtesy throughout her life. She worked in early years towards each other and the environment being education as her own children and foster the common thread. She and her late husband, children were growing up. Edith then did a Colin, knew Desmond and Leah Tutu through degree in Art and Design, followed by a PGCE Kings College London, where Desmond and specialising in the foundation stage, working Colin were students, and Colin later became in a wide variety of schools across London. chaplain. They met many South African Edith is a sculptural artist and an early years students and were much involved with the practitioner, working more nowadays with Tutus’ role in the apartheid era.

Carole Stone CBE Carole Stone was for many years producer Birthday Honours she was awarded the CBE of BBC Radio 4’s current affairs discussion for her services to research and charities. In programme Any Questions? She is counsellor 2008 Carole established The Carole Stone for One Young World, a UK-based not-for-profit Foundation – connecting people, exchanging organisation that gathers together global young ideas and building friendships around the world leaders to develop solutions to the world’s to help make a fairer society. most pressing issues. In 2015 in the Queen’s

Nomatemba Tambo Nomatemba Tambo is South African High Company). She is also a director of Girls on Commissioner to the UK. Born on 19 October a Mission, a charity dealing with women, a 1957, she is the daughter of apartheid struggle trustee of the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo hero and former President of the African Foundation, patron of SchoolAid, South Africa National Congress (ANC) Oliver Reginald and patron of People First, a charity focusing Tambo and heroine Adelaide Tambo. Prior on the education of disadvantaged children to being appointed South African High in Rwanda. Before London, her last diplomatic Commissioner, Ms Tambo served in Hong Kong post was serving as ambassador to , Malta, and Italy. She is co-founder of the South African Albania and San Marino, and as Permanent Women’s Chamber of Commerce in Hong Representative to UN-based agencies in Rome. Kong and director/founding member of Women She also served as Consul General to Hong in Capital Growth (a Black Empowerment Kong and Macau.

Peter Taylor OBE Peter Taylor has reported on the conflict in political decisions that led to 1981 hunger strike, Northern Ireland for almost 50 years, has resulting in the rise of Sinn Fein and the secret made over 100 documentaries on the subject back-channel talks that ultimately led to the and written eight related books, most notably Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Most recently his seminal trilogy Provos, Loyalists and Brits, he has reported on republican dissidents and based on his 10-part BBC TV documentary the likely impact of Brexit on the border. Peter series. His introduction to the Irish conflict has won many awards for his work, including was ‘bloody Sunday’ in 1972 when British an OBE for Services to Television Journalism, paratroopers shot dead 13 innocent civil rights Journalist of the Year, the James Cameron and marchers in Londonderry/Derry. Since then Christopher Ewart-Biggs Awards and Lifetime he has covered all the landmark issues: the Achievement Awards from BAFTA and the IRA’s ‘long war’ and loyalist paramilitaries Royal Television Society. violent reaction; British security policy and the

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Elif Toker-Turnalar Elif Toker-Turnalar lectures in political she has lectured at Birkbeck, Westminster and communications and public relations in London Metropolitan universities. Her research the Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social interests include political behaviour on social Sciences at Regent’s University London. One media platforms, political communication of her many claims to fame is that Barack used by developing countries, political public Obama follows her on Twitter! Join him @ relations and the way this has developed with elftok. Elif is excited by the opportunities technological change. She has also written for societies brought through diversity and on the formal role of the military in political her experience of having lived, studied and decision making in Egypt and Turkey. Elif is a worked in London, Istanbul and Singapore, Turkish politics analyst and commentator for has enriched her understanding. In London the BBC and for 24.

Professor Tom Villis Professor Tom Villis studied at the universities Senate Research Committee. Tom’s research of Edinburgh and Grenoble before completing has focused on anti-parliamentary and elitist his PhD at St John’s College Cambridge ideas in British culture and the intellectual in 2004. Since then he has lectured at the origins of European fascism. At present he University of Cambridge, the Open University is working on the political ideas of British and Webster University. He became a full-time Catholics. He is the author of Reaction and lecturer in modern history and politices at the Avant-Garde: the revolt against liberal Regent’s University London in 2008, a senior democracy in early twentieth century Britain lecturer in 2009 and a Reader in 2013. He is (London: I.B. Tauris, 2005). His latest book, chair of the Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social British Catholics and Fascism, is published by Sciences research group and a member of the Palgrave Macmillan.

Dr Diana Walford Diana Walford has worked at the highest levels consultant appointment at the Central in the civil service, the NHS and in higher Middlesex Hospital. Diana was appointed education. Most recently, she was Principal of CBE in 2002 for services to public health and Mansfield College, Oxford University (2002- holds a doctorate in medicine and fellowships 2011). Having qualified in medicine at Liverpool of the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal University, after achieving first-class honours College of Pathologists, the Faculty of Public BSc in physiology intercalated in the third year Health and an honorary fellowship of Mansfield of the course, Diana trained as a haematologist College. She took up her appointment as Chair and spent eight years working in hospital of the Board of Trustees of Regent’s University medicine, culminating in an honorary London on 29 July 2015.

Noel Williams Noel Williams is a criminal and social justice justice system. Noel is a board member of policy adviser and political commentator, who Peer Power, a social justice charity that is has featured on major news outlets, including rooted in the promotion of empathy. Its work the BBC, LBC, C5 and C4 discussing crime, supports the most vulnerable children and social justice, politics and current affairs. He young people in society: those impacted by sits on various boards, including the National adverse childhood experiences, including Advisory Board for Counter Terrorism Policing abuse, trauma, rejection and loss, those most and the Advisory Youth Panel at the Youth excluded and not heard in society, and often Justice Board for England and Wales, the with experience of social care and youth government body that oversees the youth justice agencies.

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Tutu Foundation UK

The Tutu Foundation UK was founded in 2007 by the Very Ultimately the Ubuntu Round Tables and the philosophy of Reverend Colin Slee, the late Dean of Southwark Cathedral, Ubuntu are tools to re-invent community policing, so that we and Edith Slee, with the support of their close friends can all live in more peaceful and collaborative communities. Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mrs Leah Tutu. Building and maintaining peaceful communities involves a The organisation is founded on the principles of Ubuntu, an good understanding of conflict, as well as the knowledge African philosophy that emphasises our common humanity and skills for effective conflict management. The Tutu – our connectedness and interdependence as fellow human Foundation UK has set up the Tutu Foundation UK Mediation beings. We work with everyone recognising the value in Service (TFMS) as well as the Tutu Foundation UK Training each person. Academy (TFTA).

As Desmond Tutu puts it: ‘My humanity is caught up and is The TFMS panel consists of professionally accredited inextricably bound up in yours. We belong in a bundle of life. mediators, comprising leading medical practitioners, senior We say a person is a person through other persons.’ barristers and practising psychotherapists. This blend of legal, medical and psychological backgrounds offers The Tutu Foundation UK and Youth Futures have created a specialist expertise and the skill to intervene wherever partnership to enable young people, particularly disaffected required, for peace-building and resolving conflicts. young people, and the police in boroughs across London to engage in constructive conversations. The conversations are Similarly, the TFTA delivers educational seminars, lectures, led and facilitated by trained young people. Their purpose talks, conferences and training, to equip professionals in all is to enable the police and young people recognise the sectors – health, industry, education or commerce – with individual humanity in each other, build understanding and insights into effective conflict-management skills. respect for each other and so improve community policing. The programmes are designed to provide an additional understanding of the psychology behind the skills, resulting in improved relationships, better communications and understanding of equality and diversity issues, greater efficiency and productivity – and, of course, fewer conflicts.

www.tutufoundationuk.org

‘My humanity is caught up and is inextricably bound up in yours. We belong in a bundle of life. We say a person is a person through other persons.’

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